Who We Are

Board & Staff

The Voices Project started when Ryan Hampton and Garrett Hade realized how powerful the stigma of addiction was, in and out of the recovery community. After meeting in a public detox in California, the friends realized that the things people weren’t talking about were even more lethal than the things they were. Ryan and Garrett saw how shame related to relapse, asking for help, or sharing our stories effectively silenced people and actually made them sicker. They decided to push back against the narrative that people in recovery were doomed, dirty, and worthless.